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Samba EUVDEUVD-2026-32741

| CVE-2026-4408 CRITICAL
OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
N/A vendor:alpine GHSA-jg8v-92xc-cx65
Command Injection Openshift Container Platform Samba Enterprise Linux
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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8.8 HIGH

Samba command-injection flaws historically require an authenticated SMB session to reach vulnerable helpers, so PR:L over PR:N; network reachable, low complexity, full CIA impact as smbd typically runs privileged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

8
Analysis Updated
Jun 15, 2026 - 22:28 vuln.today
v5 (cvss_changed)
Analysis Updated
Jun 15, 2026 - 22:28 vuln.today
v4 (cvss_changed)
CVSS changed
Jun 15, 2026 - 22:22 NVD
9.0 (CRITICAL) 9.8 (CRITICAL)
Analysis Updated
May 28, 2026 - 09:28 vuln.today
v3 (cvss_changed)
Analysis Updated
May 28, 2026 - 09:27 vuln.today
v2 (cvss_changed)
Re-analysis Queued
May 28, 2026 - 09:22 vuln.today
cvss_changed
CVSS changed
May 28, 2026 - 09:22 NVD
9.0 (CRITICAL)
Analysis Generated
May 28, 2026 - 05:04 vuln.today

DescriptionNVD

Alpine Linux: samba fixed in 4.23.8-r0

AnalysisAI

Command injection in Samba (CWE-78) carries a critical CVSS 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) and is fixed in Alpine Linux package samba 4.23.8-r0, with Red Hat shipping errata RHSA-2026:22644, 22963, 25049, and 25979 for Enterprise Linux 6/7/9 and OpenShift Container Platform 4.0. The flaw allows remote attackers to inject operating-system commands against vulnerable Samba deployments, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Identify exposed SMB service
Delivery
Send crafted SMB request with shell metacharacters
Exploit
Trigger OS command injection in helper
Execution
Execute commands as Samba service user
Persist
Establish reverse shell and persist
Impact
Pivot to domain/credential theft
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Based on the supplied CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), exploitation requires only network reachability to the Samba service (typically TCP 445, also 139) with no authentication and no user interaction against default Samba deployments on Alpine, RHEL 6/7/9, and OpenShift Container Platform 4.0. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Signals are mixed and require honest interpretation. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker with network reachability to TCP/445 on a vulnerable Samba server sends a crafted SMB request containing shell metacharacters in a field that Samba passes to a shell-invoking helper, causing the smbd process to execute attacker-supplied commands as the Samba service account. From there the attacker drops a reverse shell, harvests credentials and Kerberos tickets, and pivots into the Active Directory or Linux fleet. …
Remediation On Alpine Linux, upgrade the samba package to 4.23.8-r0 or later via apk; on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 9 and OpenShift Container Platform 4.0, apply the vendor-released patches from RHSA-2026:22644, RHSA-2026:22963, RHSA-2026:25049, and RHSA-2026:25979 (linked from https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4408), and on other distributions install the patched upstream Samba build referenced in Samba Bugzilla 16034. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.
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Within 24 hours: Inventory all Samba deployments and document current software versions. …

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